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Book Review: Body on the Bayou by Ellen Byron

  • Writer: Kristen Lewendon
    Kristen Lewendon
  • Sep 1, 2019
  • 2 min read

Cajun Country Mystery Book 2

Nominated for a 2016 Best Humorous Mystery Lefty Award, BODY ON THE BAYOU finds Maggie Crozat once again using her artist's eye to spot clues and help solve a murder or two.

The Crozats feared that past murders at Crozat Plantation B&B might spell the death of their beloved estate, but they've managed to survive the scandal. Now there's a très bigger story in Pelican, Louisiana: the upcoming nuptials between Maggie Crozat's nemesis, Police Chief Rufus Durand, and her co-worker, Vanessa Fleer.

When everyone else refuses the job of being Vanessa's Maid of Honor, Maggie reluctantly takes up the title and finds herself tasked with a long list of duties--the most important of which is entertaining Vanessa's cousin, Ginger Fleer-Starke. But just days before the wedding, Ginger's lifeless body is found on the bayou and the Pelican PD, as well as the Crozats, have another murder mystery on their hands.

There's a gumbo-potful of suspects, including an ex-Marine with PTSD, an annoying local newspaper reporter, and Vanessa's own sparkplug of a mother. But when it looks like the investigation is zeroing in on Vanessa as the prime suspect, Maggie reluctantly adds keeping the bride-to-be out of jail to her list of Maid of Honor responsibilities in Body on the Bayou, Ellen Byron's funny and engaging follow up to her critically acclaimed novel Plantation Shudders.

 

My Review:

I am thoroughly in love with Maggie and her family and all the slightly wacky denizens of their corner of the world. Once again, all the tangled mysteries effectively baffled me. I think I remember that at one point I had an inkling that the villain really was the villain, but I dismissed it focusing instead on all the shiny red herrings the author gave us. This book’s ending has my jaded old heart sighing for the sweetness of it and I’m now dying to read more of the series. I read a borrowed copy of this book.


Other books in the series:


Plantation Shudders (Cajun Country Mystery #1)

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